Culture and behaviour

Boards' most important job: Lessons from a 100-day CEO

type: Article
date: 15 May 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Boards' most important job: Lessons from a 100-day CEO

The chief executive failed and so, initially, did the board. Ethics, contracts and scrutiny matter.

CEOs

Target, Costco, Marriott: Global lessons for New Zealand directors

type: Article
date: 1 May 2025
read time: 2 min to read

Target, Costco, Marriott: Global lessons for New Zealand directors

When diversity becomes a business decision, outcomes vary. NZ directors can learn from global boardroom responses.

Diversity

When the problem is around the table

type: Article
date: 1 May 2025
read time: 3 min to read

When the problem is around the table

What to do when a director’s performance is affecting the board.

Conduct

New season of Board Matters 2025

type: Article
date: 24 Apr 2025
read time: 2 min to read

New season of Board Matters 2025

In season 4 of Board Matters, host Steven Moe MInstD is joined by a panel of directors to unpack the big issues facing boardrooms in 2025.

Signals ignored: the UK Post Office scandal and the cost of governance silence

type: Article
date: 15 Apr 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Signals ignored: the UK Post Office scandal and the cost of governance silence

A recent webinar on the UK Post Office scandal highlights what boards must do to challenge culture, data and direction.

Board dynamics

Balancing governance, kaupapa Māori and commercial success

type: Article
date: 28 Mar 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Balancing governance, kaupapa Māori and commercial success

Successfully governing Māori entities requires a unique mixture of boardroom skills.

Purpose
Te Ao Māori

What I’m reading – Amy Cavanaugh

type: Article
date: 20 Mar 2025
read time: 3 min to read

What I’m reading – Amy Cavanaugh

What does resilience look like in effective leadership and decision making, and what needs to change to embrace true diversity?

Board composition
Leadership
What I'm Reading

Building an inclusive boardroom together

type: Article
date: 20 Mar 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Building an inclusive boardroom together

Boards play a critical role in setting the tone for inclusive leadership.

Board composition
Diversity

50

CPD

five-and-a-half days • Face to face learning

Company Directors' Course

A five-and-a-half day course to develop your governance skills and create a significant step change in your professional performance. Residential and non-residential places available.

Board dynamics
Board meetings
Climate change

50

CPD

five-and-a-half days • Face to face learning

Company Directors' Course - Non Residential

A five-and-a-half day course to develop your governance skills and create a significant step change in your professional performance. Non-residential places only.

Board dynamics
Board meetings
Digital

6

CPD

6 hours • Online

Governance Essentials - online module series

Gain a confident understanding of robust board processes, good decision-making and board operations through this online module series.

Board meetings
Board-management relationship
Compliance

35

CPD

three-and-a-half days • Face to face learning

Advanced Directors' Course

The ADC is an immersive three-and-a-half-day course designed to future proof directors with the skills and insights to stay ahead and lead with purpose at the board table.

Digital

6

CPD

1 day • Face to face learning

Kotahitanga – Principles of Māori Governance

Integrate Māori cultural values, the relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, relationships and mātauranga Māori in governance.

Te Ao Māori

8

CPD

1 day • Face to face learning

Navigating Boardroom Dynamics

Every director can play a critical leadership role . . . in their boardroom, in the organisations they lead and in their wider communities. You just need the right tools.

8

CPD

NEW COURSE

1 day • Face to face learning

AI Governance Essentials

Lead your board with confidence in the age of AI. This one-day course will equip you with the knowledge, tools and frameworks to govern AI responsibly and strategically.

AI